故土炊烟与烟火长卷Hometown Memories & The Tapestry of Daily Life — HSK 4 vocabulary
28 words across 4 lessons of 词语大冒险 · Word Adventure, with pinyin above every character, meanings in English and Chinese, and one example sentence each.
第 306 课 · 故土情深与物流宏图Lesson 306 · 7 words
| 老家 | one's hometown 一个人出生长大的地方 快递车中午前就能送到老家。The courier truck can reach hometown before noon. |
| 来得及 | there is still time 还有足够的时间做成一件事 现在出发，中午前完全来得及。Setting off now, we can make it in time before noon. |
| 扩大 | to expand 使范围或规模变得更大 服务站不断扩大直运网络。The service center kept working to expand its delivery network. |
| 宽广 | wide and spacious 范围或空间又大又开阔 乡间公路十分宽广，车辆通行顺畅。The country road is very wide, and traffic moves smoothly. |
| 了解 | to understand / learn about 清楚地知道某件事情的情况 服务站深入了解乡亲们的需求。The service center works hard to learn about what the villagers need. |
| 拉开 | to pull open 把门或窗户往两边打开 工作人员清晨拉开了物流站大门。At dawn, the staff pulled open the logistics center's gate. |
| 快递 | an express courier / parcel 很快送到收件人手中的邮件 快递准时把特产送到了老家。the courier delivered the local produce to the hometown on time. |
Reading passage — lesson 306
清晨，工作人员拉开物流站大门。公路宽广，快递车中午前送到老家完全来得及。服务站不断扩大网络，深入了解乡亲需求。
第 307 课 · 笃实守信与生态澄澈Lesson 307 · 7 words
| 老实 | honest / upright 为人诚恳，不做虚假的事 环保事业离不开老实本分的人。Environmental work depends on honest people who do their job well. |
| 来源 | a source / origin 事物最初从哪里产生或来 工人们仔细查清了污染来源。The workers carefully traced the source of the pollution. |
| 扩展 | to extend / scale up 把原有的范围向外扩大 回收业务扩展到了每个社区。The recycling program was made to extend into every neighborhood. |
| 泪水 | tears 因感动或伤心而流下的水 看到河流变清，老人流下泪水。Seeing the river run clear again, the old man shed tears. |
| 垃圾 | garbage / rubbish 没有用处、要丢掉的脏东西 环卫工顶风冒雨清理生活垃圾。Sanitation workers braved the wind and rain to clear away household rubbish. |
| 苦 | hardship / bitterness 身体或心里觉得难受、不好受 老环卫工从来不怕吃苦受累。The old sanitation worker never fears hardship or fatigue. |
| 离不开 | cannot do without 一定要依靠，少了就不行 环保事业离不开千千万万的劳动者。Environmental work cannot do without countless ordinary laborers. |
Reading passage — lesson 307
环保事业离不开老实的劳动者，他们不怕吃苦，清理生活垃圾。工人把回收业务扩展到社区，查清污染来源。看到河流变清，老人流下泪水。
第 308 课 · 阖家雅趣与格调高迈Lesson 308 · 7 words
| 老公 | husband 妻子对自己丈夫的称呼 妻子陪老公一起整理庭院。The wife helped her husband tidy up the garden. |
| 括号 | brackets / parentheses 写作业时用来圈出答案的符号 孩子在作业括号里填上了答案。The child filled in the answer inside the homework's brackets. |
| 宽 | wide 两边之间的距离比较大 百年古树遮出五米宽的树荫。The century-old tree casts a shadow five metres wide. |
| 了不起 | amazing / remarkable 非常出色，让人佩服 平凡日子里创造出真了不起的幸福。Out of ordinary days, they created something truly amazing. |
| 乐趣 | delight / pleasure 做某件事情感到的快乐 孩子在学习中体会到了乐趣。The child came to feel the delight of learning. |
| 棵 | a tree (measure word) 用来数树木花草的量词 庭院前种下了一棵百年桂树。They planted a century-old tree in front of the yard. |
| 卷 | to roll up 把长条形的东西一圈圈绕起来 妻子把修剪的藤蔓整齐卷好。The wife neatly rolled up the trimmed vines. |
Reading passage — lesson 308
庭院前种下一棵百年桂树，遮出宽阔的树荫。妻子陪老公整理庭院，把藤蔓卷好。孩子在括号里填答案，体会学习乐趣，日子过得真了不起。
第 309 课 · 烟火人间与情怀映照Lesson 309 · 7 words
| 老婆 | wife 丈夫对自己妻子的称呼 丈夫陪老婆去看了一场电影。The husband took his wife to see a film. |
| 来不及 | there is not enough time 时间不够，赶不上做成某事 再不递水，恐怕就来不及缓解辛辣了。If they don't hand over water soon, there's not enough time to ease the spice. |
| 泪 | a tear 因感动而从眼里流出的水珠 受助者眼含热泪连声道谢。The person who was helped, eyes brimming with tears, thanked everyone again and again. |
| 矿泉水 | mineral water 从地下天然涌出的干净饮用水 大家递上温热的矿泉水悉心照料。Everyone offered warm mineral water and looked after him carefully. |
| 辣 | spicy 吃起来火热、刺激舌头的味道 这道小吃又香又辣，非常好吃。This snack is fragrant and spicy, and very tasty. |
| 动画片 | an animated film / cartoon 用图画一格格拍成的电影 周末，丈夫陪老婆看了动画片。On the weekend, the husband watched an animated film with his wife. |
| 恶心 | queasy / nauseated 胃里不舒服，很想吐 有人受凉后感到有些恶心。Someone caught a chill and started to feel a bit queasy. |
Reading passage — lesson 309
周末，丈夫陪老婆看动画片，散场后吃辣味小吃。若不递矿泉水就来不及缓解辛辣，有人恶心不适，大家送水，受助者含泪道谢。
Characters in 故土炊烟与烟火长卷
42 distinct characters across these 28 words. Each one has its stroke order, its radical, what it is made of, and the other words that use it.